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HIV drug Truvada linked to kidney damage and bone density loss, but risks are low and usually outweighed by the drug’s benefits
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You took Truvada to help protect against HIV, not increase your risk of kidney or bone problems.
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InaccurateFalse claim that wind turbines generate more global warming than fossil fuels misrepresents study it relies on
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Harvard study finds that wind turbines create MORE global warming than the fossil fuels they eliminate
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InaccuratePopular Facebook meme misleadingly suggests that the measles vaccine caused 2019 Samoa measles outbreak
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Measles vaccine caused Samoa measles outbreak
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1.7Very highABC article effectively illustrates important climate trends for Australian readers
“This article is exceptionally good in delivering accurate information in an engaging way. There are many useful statements made about the effects of climate change on extreme weather globally and in Australia and these have been backed up by links to relevant peer-reviewed literature.”
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UnsupportedThe flu shot is safe and does not cause cancer, contrary to popular claim by chiropractor
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The flu shot is made with cancer-causing ingredients
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InaccurateMike Adams falsely claims cancer genes and “entire genetic code” are found in vaccines, based on unverified report
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Vaccines [have been] found laced with entire genetic code for abnormal human loaded with cancer genes
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+1HighNew York Times accurately reports vaccine-derived polio outbreaks caused by low vaccine coverage
“The content of the article is correct: attenuated polio strain type 2 contained in the oral vaccine can – in very rare cases – mutate and cause disease in under-immunized persons. However it might be good to specify that if the vaccine coverage is good, this will not happen (so the vaccine coverage has to be maintained, since it has prevented 13 million cases since 2000, according to the WHO).”
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-2Very lowIan Plimer op-ed in The Australian again presents long list of false claims about climate
“This article is a mixture of misdirection, misleading claims, and outright falsehoods. The author attempts to paint a picture of current climate change as simply a continuation of natural changes that have occurred in the past. But this neglects the clear evidence that climate change over the last two centuries has been shown to be largely man-made, that it is much more rapid that anything we have seen in the last two thousand years if not longer, and that it is occurring in the context of a globe with more than 7 billion human inhabitants.”
